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so the charges leveled against these two officers. the officers are baker and james harrison. both of the special operations division of the prince georges county police department. we talked to the lawyers who are representing jack mckenna. these charges are appropriate and despite the number of officers that were seen on the video tape taking part in this attack on jack mckenna. they believe the charges are appropriate and not asking for anything more than that. we'll have details as they unfold. more reactions to this caught on tape beating. reporting live in upper marlboro, scott broom, 9news now. >> thank you much, scott. lesli. >> we are learning more about a tragic story about a two-year- old boy who accidentally shot and killed himself after finding a gun. he was two-year-old davion prince. davion found a gun inside a
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bedroom in oxon hill. delia. i understand you just spoke with davion's grandfather? >> that's right. just a short time ago. he is heartbroken and lesli, this is a horrendous story. it's been very difficult all day for a lot of folk who's have been here in this neighborhood. you know, larry brown, the grandfather's name. he tells me he was at work yesterday evening when he received that horrible phone call from his wife. the joy in their lives was taken inside their own home. >> i don't know how it's going to work. >> one day after the loss of an innocent life. larry brown doesn't know how to move on without two-year-old davion. police say the toddler wandered into a bedroom and found a loaded gun. his 21-year-old mother and uncle in the other room heard the gun shots. >> my daughter and my son were home at the time. one was in the bathroom, one
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was in the computer. he was in the bedroom from what i understand. just trying to get the pieces together. >> my heart bleeds for them. i can't imagine being a mother myself, i cannot imagine. >> the accident happened just before 8:00 last night and brought neighbors out of their apartments. >> with the hammer pulled back, a handgun can have a hair trigger less than a pound. two-year-old could very easily pull the trigger. >> what police didn't know then and what family members don't know now is who owned the gun. brown is not pointing a finger, but he says he has yet to hear from the child's father who visits, but does not live with the family. >> donovan, every now and then, might spend a couple nights. other than that -- i need to talk to him also. see what is going on. and hopefully he is looking and
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watching because i want him to come to me. >> lots of unanswered questions at this hour. who owned the gun? why was it in the house and why was it loaded in an area where this two-year-old obviously can easily get to this gun. all those questions, police are holding on to those. they say that is under investigation at this point. no one has been charged, but we can tell you that the state's attorney's office is looking into the case. lesli. >> it is just so sad, delia. thanks so much for your reporting. anita. >> openly gay men and women no longer have to hide their sexual orientation if they want to enlist. the u.s. military ended don't ask, don't tell. let's go live to danielle nottingham. is this a historic change a lot of people have been waiting for. >> it's been 18 years in the making and the pentagon says it is ready for the change. and it's also ready to treat
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every member of the military with the respect they deserve. it is the end of a controversial era for the u.s. military. don't ask, don't tell, the 1993 law forbidding openly gay soldiers from serving is over. defense secretary and admiral mike mullen praise the change. >> it's the right thing to do. we need to move on. >> these are men and women who put their lives on the line in the defense of this country. and that's what should matter the most. >> the pentagon is dismissing all pending investigations into sexual orientation and all those discharged under don't ask, don't tell, are welcome to reenlist. on capitol hill, service members joined lawmakers who fought to end the policy. >> service members with skills and experience that our military needs will not face discharge because of who they are.
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>> during the 18 years the ban was in place, 13,000 men and women were discharged for being gay. david hull followed in his father's footsteps to serve with distinction in the air force until he was kicked out. >> i have a lot of friends that are still in the military and you know, just knowing they won't lose their job is a great thing. >> minutes after the ban was lifted, navy lieutenant, gary ross, wed his long time partner. >> it's an undescribable feeling when you think, finally, we can be like everybody else. >> for him, that means going to work with nothing to hide. and defense secretary leon pinetta says he is looking into other barriers that keep americans from serving their country, including the role of women in combat. live at the pentagon, danielle nottingham, now back to you. >> thank you danielle. a local man who was drummed out of the military because he was gay has already signed up to
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reenlist. we're going to have his story coming up at 6:00. it is cloudy and distinctly unattractive outside there tonight. topper shutt outside on the gloom patrol even as we speak, top. >> we have a respite, derek. a lot of clouds, yes, but the showers have moved out. i would not go too far from the umbrella. a lot of showers rolled in this morning. late morning, early afternoon. everything rolled out and we are left with a lot of clouds across most of the metro area, extending into ohio. so we are looking at the potential for clouds linger all night, but again, everything else is pretty much out of here. not to say we aren't going to see another batch roll in. temperatures, not bad. 73 in gaithersburg. 73 in manassas. so for tonight, we're going to stay mostly cloudy and comfortable. low temperatures in the 60s. we'll come back in a little bit and talk about when the showers roll back in. we'll let you know if that means a wet morning commute or
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a wet evening commute. >> today the d.c. council voted to hit the city's wealthiest residents with an income tax increase. bruce johnson was there. this is a little surprising. was there disagreement on this? >> yeah, there was. it sounded like the national debate going on. you've heard it described as the city of the haves and the have notes. today the d.c. council decided that those that have the most will have to pay more. >> council member graham, yes. >> it was by a voice vote and the slimmest margin. >> there are seven yes' and two nos. >> those making $350,000 and more. >> swre to have a higher rate for millionaires. >> could not be more counterproductive. keep in mind, when we lower the tax rates from 9.5 to 8.5, that
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signals the beginning of the greatest expansion. >> the legislators, abandon a plan to tax mew nighs tall bonds purchased out of state. these three seniors were part of the ground swell to the opposition of that plan. >> we are not arguing about taxing future purchases, but what we already hold in our portfolio. >> tax on the wealthy goes to 8.9%. supporters say the measure should bring in $106 million. the tax will expire after that. >> jack evans estimate that 5,000 businesses will have to pay that new higher tax. it will cost you another $5,000. >> not about raising taxes, it's about which tax to raise. >> taxes are expected to get mayor gray's signature. a tax increase on incomes of $250,000. mayor gray had vetoed that mew
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municipal bond tax. >> vincent orange wanted to make the jobs full-time. he wanted to limit them to two terms. he wanted their pay increased to $170,000. today, lesli, he introduced a bill. realizing he is getting a lot of flak over this. >> what are the chances that the term limits and full-time passing stimulations could go forward? >> it's not going to go anywhere. you might recall that years ago, the voters decided they wanted to implement terms. i don't think it's going to go anywhere. >> we'll see for sure. thanks. back to the studio. thanks lesli. we have new information tonight on that frederick woman still missing in aruba. the police reenactment. this is the video from the reenactment. her companion at the time, gary giordano says she disappeared
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while the two were snorkeling. the authority ignored statements that giordano made about what happened. giordano is the only possible suspect at this time. we have an update on the death investigation of a student in virginia. police have now charged seven faa tenderty members with hazing. sam mason, a first year student was found dead last october and police say mason had a blood alcohol level six times the legal limit. the freshman was pledging for the fraternity. a teenager who apparently stabbed a woman. it happened last night as the woman walked along lee highway. he robbed the woman and stabbed the woman in the arm. that woman was taken to the hospital. she's expected to be okay.
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anyone with information about this case, whatever happened out there, should call fairfax county police. tonight, a man is in custody in and two people are being treated for stab wounds they received in northwest d.c. it happened inside an apartment in the 1100 block after massachusetts avenue around 5:45 this morning. the stabbing stem fled some sort of domestic dispute that happened inside that apartment. still ahead on 9news now. >> i'm kristin fisher in stafford county where the fire department is anxiously waiting to see how all of today's rains are threatening the landslide. we'll take you on a tour of the property coming up. >> a local businessman was able to steal $4 million in a prank call scheme. we're going to tell you how he did it. >> up next, passengers scramble for safety after an area commuter bus burst into flames.
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we have new information on a bus fire that was caught on tape. one of our photographers arrived on this scene shortly after the commuter bus burst into flames in the hov lanes of i-95 near the prince william parkway. all 40 people on board got out okay, one witness said the fire appeared to start in a wheel well. southbound traffic was backed up for miles on 95. in new york city, 17 people are hurt tonight after part of
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a building collapsed on to a bus. it happened this morning in harlem at the site of a two- store building under construction. bricks and rocks and debris came crashing down. people trapped underneath had to be rescued by firefighters. eight people on the bus were hurt. still no word yet of the cause of that collapse. >> investigators in the oklahoma city area now say an oil rig fire that started last night could be burning for days. the good news is no one has been hurt and the fire has been contained. flames shot into the sky and people living a mile away reported seeing four or five explosions. a half dozen houses have been evacuated. no word on the cause of that fire. >> perched on the brink of a massive sink hole for ten days now. >> that's right. now kristin fisher reports, emergency officials are worried that this next round of rain would send them over the edge. >> you can see part of the ground shift to the rear of this house.
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down in the bottom next to the wood line. >> mark doyle with stafford fire and rescue is back. he's been out here almost every day since it started as a small foot deep crack, now it's over 25 feet deep. but at least for the moment, it stopped growing. >> basically we haven't seen anything significant change and no change in all. we had some rain this morning, but it hasn't had a significant impact. >> that could change if stafford county gets anymore rain and it's in the forecast for the next three days. look how soft the ground is. now if the ground is this soaked over here, imagine what it's like over there. on the other side of that fence. >> the danger is that the ground underneath these two homes could literally slide away. both homes have already been condemned. the families evacuated. fire fighters and employees are stopping by several times a day, hoping these homes are standing, but know they are
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inches away from collapse. >> make sure we don't have any change and continue to monitor it throughout the rest of the week. >> in stafford county, 9news now. >> very difficult situation there. the families that used to live in those two homes have to stay with relatives. no word if they'll be allowed inside their own homes. >> we are getting another look at how devastating those recent storms have been to the chesapeake bay. reporters gathered at sandy point state park near tropical storm lee. they were briefed by the state's natural resource's direct. >> obviously the story is not going to have a full impact until next year. but we have lots of monitoring in place. we'll be able to come up with a good answer. >> maryland natural resources crews have been out monitoring the water quality very closely, ever since hurricane irene blew
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through last month. >> rain stopped, but you still feel the moisture out here. >> plenty of humidity. >> unsettled today. absolutely right. >> did see the sun for a half an hour at 1:00. >> i don't think i did. i missed it, too. >> temperatures are going up. this is as warm as it has been all day. pretty much across the board. 70 downtown. mid 70s up to the north. in fact, 75 in leesburg. 72 in gaithersburg. 73 in culpeper. 74 in hagerstown. i do not understand the 80- degree reading up to the north in frederick. i think we are going to ignore that one. throw that one out. all right, satellite picture radar combined. we have this area of low pressure sitting and spinning through must have of minnesota. that's not going to go anywhere. it's going to drift eastward a little bit and drift south into the midwest and just sit there and consequently, we're going
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to remain unsettled for quite some time. we aren't looking at anything in terms of flooding range or severe weather, but we're going to be unsettled through the weekend. here are the rains that rolled through early this morning. nothing terribly heavy. everything under half an inch. still, tail end of the rush hour was wet. going home tonight, we will stay dry and tomorrow morning we'll stay dry for the commute. but keep the umbrella nearby. comfortable tonight, dry overnight. showers return wednesday, primarily in the afternoon and showers and thunderstorms again on thursday. it's going to seem like ground hog day, the movie, for a while. tomorrow morning, clouds. no green blobs, so we are dry, except for extreme southern maryland, lower bay. we get into the 7:30 hour, we are dry. a lot of clouds. clouds continue to move northward and we get into the 1:00 hour around lunchtime. a couple sprinkles prince georges county into charles county. activity towards cumberland and hagerstown. all shades of green. all light activity.
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by the evening, becomes more widespread. probably a wet commute going home tomorrow up toward gaithersburg, manassas, and even down into fredericksburg and certainly wet in the mountains. we get you into thursday morning and showers around the meet metro area. unsettled is our nice way of saying keep the umbrella handy. comfortable, open the windows, lows in the 60s. winds south, soft east at 10. downtown, we are talking 65 or so. maybe 63 in rockville. probably 50 #áz tonight. 62 in fairfax. now tomorrow morning, a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm late. a much better chance in the afternoon. mostly cloudy with showers, maybe a thunderstorm. warmer. highs near 80. that's some good news. next seven days, we are looking at temperatures on the warm side. but again, more showers and thunderstorms on thursday. more showers and storms on friday. a shower in saturday for the
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terps game, but should not be a problem. monday, more showers and tuesday more showers. temperatures in the mid 70s. i wanted to show this a while ago. this was taken on the 14th when we had this big storm. this is the nickel size hail in west virginia. >> is that really shanghai, west virginia? >> you got it. and heidi did a nice job. you want to send something to us, go to with your website. >> speaking of the weather, this fall the allergy season promises to be longer and brutal than before. how to survive runny noses and itchy eyes. up next, peta gets in on the internet porn business. we'll be back.
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at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. this is strange to me. peta is going porno. it plans to create an x-rated website to promote its agenda.
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graphic videos and photographs and peta used porn stars and nudity to promote its message before. its racier actions are a fast track way for people to pay attention to animal rights. they hope to have their website up by november. really? if you're going there, maybe you're not thinking animals, but what do i know? anita. >> i'm thinking g-rated right now. schools are trying to get students to eat better offerings and that includes here at montgomery county public schools. participated in the power lunch rally to celebrate the district's accomplishments. on hand, dr. jamie thornton with the department of agriculture who applauded the students for setting a good example. >> it will say to the community, it will say to your parents. it will say to people you work with, we're committed to live healthy lives and we're starting and we're practicing
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that right here at school each and every day. >> some of the nutritional upgrades include fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains. lesli. >> some low income families in our area will soon be able to surf the net thanks to a new program. comcast unveiled internet essentials today in southeast d.c. and the goal is to help close the digital divide and get more americans online. under the program, low cost internet service will be available to thousands of students who are now eligible to receive a free school lunch. >> in virginia, there is a new, easy, and quick way for businesses to get a website. google is partnering with intuit to build websites. virginia governor, bob mcdonnell, was on hand today. we'll have more on how this
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program can help local businesses coming up on 9news now at 6:00. coming up later on 9news now. >> i'm manuel at the united nations. a showdown is heating up over official recognition for a palestinian state. we'll have that story coming up. plus, fall starts on friday. and allergists are predicting it will be the longest, harshest allergy season ever. how a local man rang up $4 million in profits 50 cents at a time. i'm andrea mckaren. the story straight ahead.
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a bethesda man pleaded guilty to using more than 100 area pay phones to defraud government agencies and private corporations out of $4 million. and get this, nicholas -- i have to say, you heard just about everything at this point. >> reporter: i think i have, lesli. as of you and anita, probably. 50 cents at a time. over the course of six years. from his bethesda home, nicolaos programmed his 165 pay phones to may phone calls to toll free numbers. in the industry, it is called dial around compensation.
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so every time one of his pay phones called a toll free number, kantartzis collected 50 cents. even if no one was on the other lend. they lasted 10 seconds or less. >> $4 million is the approximate amount of the fraud, if you will. >> among his victims. federal agencies, including the department of labor, the department of education, and even the irs. he targeted private industry, too. including dell corporation, fidelity brokerage services and various financial institutions and airlines. >> because the cell phone's industries expansion and the pay phone industry's contraction, i doubt his business is as profitable in later years, but potentially could be one factor. >> surveillance video where the pay phones were located revealed no people were
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actually placing the calls. >> now a government audit actually uncovered this elaborate scheme when someone at the general services administration discovered an unusual number of charges for toll free calls. he will be sentenced in january. he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. we are live in greenbelt, andrea mckaren, 9news now. back to you. >> an unusual case for sure, andrea, thank you. derek. lesli, world leaders are in new york city tonight for a meeting of the united nations general assembly. manuel reports on the showdown that is brewing over palestinian state hood. >> the president will address the u.n. assembly here on friday and plans to submit a written request seeking official recognition. the u.s. is making it clear it will reject any vote for statehood and further negotiations are needed. >> it can be accomplished through actions of the united
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nations. it will have to be isrealis and palestinians sitting down and dealing with the hard issues that have divided them. >> proisrael demonstrators outside of the u.n. agree. >> it is in one place only. at a peace table. you sit down and negotiate. >> behind the scenes, the u.s. and other mediators are meeting to assert a showdown vote by proposing a solution that both palestine and israel could accept. the president says had will not vow to pressure to negotiate before he makes his plea to the world. manuel, cbs news at the u.n. >> and the white house says president obama has not ruled out meeting with president abas before that key vote on friday. it is primary day today in prince georges county. 15 candidates running in today's special election for the seat that has been vacated by councilwoman lesli johnson. johnson pleaded guilty a couple months ago to destroying
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evidence in the federal corruption of her husband and both she and her husband were arrested. in tonight's health alert, we have an allergy alert. fall starts this friday and allergists are predict ting will be one of the harshest, drawn out allergy seasons in the books. >> instead of enjoying the last days of summer outdoors, peter spent them under the covers. >> i felt like there's a professional itch up my nose all day long that wouldn't go away. blowing my nose and sneezing didn't really offer any relief. >> his allergies got so bad, he took his runny nose to a specialist. he is allergic to pollen. those grains plants use to reproduce, including ragweed, which is prevalent in the fall. the levels of pollen will reach epic proportions. peeking in mid september. >> any swelling today?
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>> the normal, itchy throat, watery eyes. >> from a stormy summer to hots days, it adds up to a lot of pollinating weeds. >> climate change, increasing levels, increasing temperature change, it is causing plants to produce more pollen. we think it will be lasting another 2 or 3 weeks this fall. >> if you know pollen is your trigger, you may want to trigger your over the counter medicines. wagweed pollen is the fog allergy culprit t. can travel for hundreds of miles on the wind. mold is another problem with spores that can get airborne. it thrives in piles of leaves. then there are dust mites. microscopic bugs that trigger allergies. they can get kicked up the first time we turn on our furnaces. >> andy is coming to the mall and a new exhibit focusing on
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the artist obsession with tabloid news opens this weekend at the national gallery of arts east building. 80 works ranging from paintings and photographs. the subjects include celebrities, death, disaster, and current events. that show runs through january 2. and birthday wishes are going to the capital bike share program. since its start one year ago, the bike sharing service attracted more than 17,000 members. more than 100 stations around washington and arlington now hold the bright red bike. and you can join for a day or a year to get ac says access to those wheels. they will host a birthday bash on thursday everyoning at the yards park in southeast d.c. coming up, getting to the bottom of a truly shocking problem. the city takes action after 9news now uncovered stray voltage. but up next, two of the biggest catches you will ever see. we have that, and don't forget,
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a giant of a tuna caught off the coast of new zealand.
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it took jeremy walker nearly two hours to reel this blue fin in. just short of a world record. look at that thing. the tuna could have reeled in $80,000 at a tokyo fish market, but jeremy split the tuna meat up so they could take a piece of it home. >> that's very generous. check out this whopper of a catch. a 19-year-old in florida caught this. it is an 800 pound gator. it caught him with a fishing rod. don't ask me how he did it. he shot the thing and harpooned it for he and his friend pulled the 12-foot gator into their boat. he is a taxidermist, tax gator hunter. it's being stored in the family freezer. later on, it will be a pair of shoes. >> are you allowed to do that? >> from where? >> detroit. >> okay, and the world's cheapest car is going gold. india unveiled a nano made out of 22-carat gold, silver,
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thousands of other stones and gems. the nano usually sells for $2900, but the miniversion is estimated to be worth $4 million. >> it's what they call one of those concept cars. >> i need a box standing next to you. okay. all right. to a more serious story. a recent investigation revealed 90 locations where stray electricity was surging. after our report aired, the city took some action. how safe are you now? i'm going to tell you. top. >> anita was just talking about the pollen. we'll take you out with the pollen reading. trees are gone, weeding are in the medium range and mold stores in the low range. we'll come back. we'll talk about temperatures. they will continue to go up. our chances for showers and storms continue to go up, too. up next, forget about super sizing, coca-cola is downsizing their bottles. we'll be right back.
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it's not a recall, but federal investigators are taking a close look at certain honda cr-v's. there are reports of issues with the 2002 to 2004 model year vehicles. complaints that the low beam headlights just stop working un expectedly and that could lead to the risk of a crash or worse. and this defect could affect as many as 431,000 vehicles. we'll keep you posted. >> coca-cola downsizing its bottles. the wall street journal reports the company wants more of us to sip the real thing. you will soon be able to get a 12.5-ounce bottle for about 89 cents. they are trying to get the penny pinchers to take a sip and cut back on the 8 pack 7.5- ounce cans. pepsi is also on this bandwagon, but while the smaller versions may cost you less, you are still actually paying more per ounce. stray bolts of electricity.
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we first told you about this shocking problem in d.c. back in may. since our story aired, the city took notice and then took action. tonight, we go back to the streets to see what changed. >> there you go. >> 123 votes on the outside of the structure. >> is this what happened when our consumer team rode along with the company, scanning the city for dangerous voltage like this. >> it's a problem we have seen across the nation. >> a problem so hidden that some people have died. 14-year-old dianna leaned over a fence at a bluer park five years ago and then fell to the ground. >> i didn't know what was happening. >> diana's parents would later learn that wires made contact with the fence that sent a fatal current through their daughter's body. we asked the new jersey based power survey company to check our city for trouble spots. there were nearly 90 of them. >> we were not checking
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routinely just for stray voltage. >> but d.c. is checking now. >> some locations had potential stray vote taj out. >> since our story aired, the city is taking a proactive approach. it starts with contractors working on repairs. if they are called to fix a broken street light, they must scan for voltage on that light and the two others closest to it. >> i dent need to be concerned about putting my hands on the pole. >> we watched as the city's contractor tested six street lights in ward five. all of them tested, came in with no stray voltage at all. >> check all of its street lights and traffic signs within the next three years. but there aren't any plans just yet to test other conducted materials, like sidewalks or fences or even bus shelters. >> we want people to know that
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we are taking it seriously. that we are checking our assets to make sure there isn't dangerous stray voltage. >> sties actually do even more and adopt a more mobile detective approach. now i'm holding a prop here. i want to tell you about this. since d.c. is using street light repairs, in you see one in your neighborhood, contractors say look for the tag number on the poll. this is what it looks like. the first number would be the ward you live in. the next four numbers identify the pole and d and c stand for d.c., which is of course the city. topper. >> if you go like that to clear it off. >> did you listen to her story and the improvements made? >> great investigative work. >> we blinked and we missed it. we saw a glimmer of sunlight came out. that's the way it's going to
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be. >> i got three shades darker. >> temperatures in the 70s. it's mild. that's the good news. we talked about this yesterday. that's the silver lining all week. at least it's not in the 50s and raining. temperatures low to mid 70s a. shade below average. but comfortable. 73 in culpeper. 73 in manassas and 70 downtown. satellite picture, radar combined. there go the showers this morning. plenty of clouds back to the west. we could have a sprinkle tonight. but for the most part, we are going to stay dry. so keep your umbrella handy. comfortable tonight, dry overnight. showers return tomorrow and showers again on thursday. it's going to be warmer. tomorrow morning, we see some showers way down in southern maryland. the morning commute for the most part dry. cloudy, but dry. they keep working their way northward. i think we are okay until lunchtime, except for the folks in the west. there are showers out there. and then on your way home, we
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have showers and light rain as we go through the nighttime, back into thursday morning, probably have another wet commute on thursday morning as well. for tonight, well mostly cloudy, comfortable. open the windows. winds south, southeast at about 10. next seven days, again, it stays warm, but it's unsettled. more of the same on thursday and friday. saturday not bad. maybe a shower for the terps game. but not bad. 80. we'll keep sunday dry and showers and storms monday and tuesday. >> let's clear this thing up. >> lovely. looking guard to october. >> we want to salvage september. >> coming up on 9news now. >> capitals training camp underway. but team leadership being questioned by a former player. how does the current batch of players feel about that? i'm dave owens in arlington. i'll have that story. >> hundreds of people are getting free websites to help drum up business. i'm lindsey mastis in manassas,
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virginia, that story is coming up. but up next, a look at how our markets reacted to concerns. we'll be right back.
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fears that european finance ministers may not be able to keep grease from defaulting on
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its debt erased early debts. the dow was up almost 8 points. the nasdaq lost 22 1/2 and s & p 500 fell 2. speaking of falling. tonight we are getting questions from viewers about a story we did last night at 11:00. >> what is up with this nasa satellite pieces to hit the earth in a week? is this true? >> yes, nikki, it is. we asked anny hong to get you more information and answers on that today. >> a 12,500 pound satellite. that's the size of a school bus. expected to fall sometime on earth sometime between thursday and saturday. >> problem is, they aren't going to know what the projectly until a few hours. it doesn't get real accurate until right before. >> nasa predicts the climate satellite will fall somewhere between north canada.
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that's not very exact, but that's because a small change in timing of reentry can translate into thousands of miles of difference on where it could crash. >> it's going to be spread out over a footprint about 500 miles long. the odds of it hitting anyone or a populated area are low. >> after circling the earth for 20 years, it's the biggest piece of space junk to fall in more than 30 years. you can expect a good light show creating fire balls, similar to these pictures. they should even be visible  during the day. nasa calculates the satellite will partially burn up during reentry and break into 100 pieces of which 26 could survive and land on earth. the biggest chunks could weigh about 300 pounds. >> there's a lot of variables. how it interacts in the atmosphere. we don't know. if you are lucky to be along the ground track, that's a show. >> if and that's a big if, you happen to come across a piece
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of the satellite, you're not allowed to keep it. that's because it belongs to the federal government. go to our website where you can find a link to the frequent updates on timing and projected paths. thank anny hong reporting. 300 pounds, that would produce a sting. so, what are the odds that you might be -- >> duck ma maneuver. >> what are the odds that one run into you. >> the chances are about 1 in 3200. >> wait a minute. the capital weather gain crunched its own numbers. if you multiply that number by the number of human beings in the world. your chances skyrocket to 1 in 22 trillion that you specifically would be the one hit by the debris. >> we can live with those odds. that means, you are 180,000 times more likely to be struck by lightning and 110,000 times more likely to win the power ball. so, i think it's time to go buy
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a ticket. >> if you bought one in maryland, your lucky numbers may be dashed because it posted the wrong numbers from saturday night's big four drawing. i'm just the messenger. >> a woman from chesapeake beach says she thought she had a ticket worth $2600. >> now she's a little upset, as you might imagine. she's calling the governor's office and wants to get the money. i don't think it's coming through. we have an update on the option to raise money for the athletic department. the schools are selling ten jerseys and ten helmets from the new maryland pride look. the option yesterday and today, the school says it was very successful. but somehow they don't want to tell us exactly how much money they made. brett. >> derek, aside from maryland, the caps opened their preseason tonight in baltimore and thus begin the process for them of shaking the label that they earned over the last couple of
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years. amazing in the regular season. under achievers in the playoffs. last year's early exit nearly cost bruce his job. and as dave owens reports on a team built to win now, they better. >> recent regular season success hasn't meant much in the much in the playoffs. and let's say it stung. >> it stinks. it is miserable. >> 139 days of misery, in fact. that's how long the caps have had to wait to begin another run. >> i think everybody is annoyed. probably still angry about things. >> no question about talent here. but this offseason, locker room leadership has been a topic. as in, is there enough? this summer, matt bradley said there wasn't, when he said the team was a little too nonchalant. head coach bruce budrow was
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asked whether he takes that kind of criticism personally. >> sometimes the guys that made comments that departed, they were part of every single game that was played in the playoffs here. so i think they are as much to blame as the guys that they are pointing fingers at. >> alex ovechkin had the finger pointed at him. some questioning whether the super star should be more serious. now he admits he had to grow into the captain's role. an example of that, this year he showed up to training camp early and in better shape. still, the perception is there. the caps flop in the clutch. frustrating? yes. >> good is one word, great is another. >> we want to be a great hockey team. >> can they be that this year? we'll see. dave owens, 9sports now. >> the caps return to baltimore for the first time since 1992. their first preseason game at verison center is next monday. >> there's no place for intolerance in

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